The public can only help to inform if more details are furnished.
To err on the wrong side?

Moderator.

1. the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
2. a channel made to divert the flow of water from one course to another or to direct the flow of water draining from a piece of ground.
3. British. a detour on a highway or road.
4. distraction from business, care, etc.; recreation; amusement; a pastime: Movies are his favorite diversion.
5. Military. a feint intended to draw off attention from the point of main attack.

No one can be put behind bars for that length of time without evidence and a good case against him/her. I believe that they had actually extracted items like weapons and reconnaissance videos of target spots, at least, from members of this radical cell group. Apart from that there were probably witnesses attesting that the group has attempted to recruit new members and told of its plans to launch attacks against the state. That persons like the fugitive haven’t gone on trial (as terrorists elsewhere would have had to) is probably due to the thwarting of the plot and a grudging tolerance for those who’ve strayed off the path of moderation.

No one can be put behind bars for that length of time without evidence and a good case against him. I believe that they actually had extracted items like weapons and reconnaissance videos of target spots, at least, from members of this radical cell group. Apart from that there were probably witness statements attesting that the group has attempted to recruit new members and told of its plans to launch attacks against the state. That persons like the fugitive haven’t gone on trial (as terrorists elsewhere would have had to) is probably due to the thwarting of the plot and a grudging tolerance for those who’ve strayed off the path of moderate religion.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced the detention of ANOTHER ALLEGED Jemaah Islamiah (JI) member.

MHA ACCUSED Rijal of being a member of the JI’s

ARRESTED in February ? now we get the news ?

He was arrested with the cooperation of “regional authorities”. MHA did not say which COUNTRY he was arrested and extradited from.

They were imprisoned for plotting to, not because they did carry out or because they had all the resources to carry out acts of terrorism against the state. I suppose it must have been difficult to gather evidence signalling the JI members’ intention to, but the security services have produced an array of evidence, from weapons to orders for explosive substances to reconaissance videos of target spots. Besides this there were likely intelligence reports (unreliable and not) that these persons were planning attacks against the state, but I think the evidence is the more compelling.

Should never convict someone unless proven guilty.

The news of terrorists amongst us as they are now, to us the people, are liked hearsay, that is we read/heard from the news medias and people talking about them. As these so called terrorists have not done the slightest damage yet, it is hard for us to believe that they are capable of executing their plans. Although their existence should not be ruled out, their alleged intentions such as to ram a plane into Changi Airport seems ‘too grand’ a scheme to me.

If damages to lives and property are the intentions, common sense will tell us that there are many effective ways to go about it, hence, the question WE MUST ASK is; why no such attempts were ever made before and after 9/11 which happened nearly seven years ago?

The people must also be mindful that there could be more agenda beyond terrorism.

Anyway, this new Rijal guy is going to really going to suffer. No toilet breaks for him. Ever!

You see the government is once again doing a distraction act by capturing a scapegoat and releasing another harmless ’so-called terrorist’ at the same time. This is used to soften people’s impact towards Selamat’s issue and has the intention of ‘moving on’. This is a nice trick that is used for redemption.
Very soon, ppl will forget about Selamat’s issue.

I do not think Selamat will be captured ever again. So next election, ask the government ‘WHERE IS SELAMAT ?’

If so, then that pre-18-year-old boy, before 1989, must be hell
of a boy, man! He is no ordinary person, man! So, I just wonder
how many more of such people do Singapore has? So, why should
Singaporeans be complaining that we do not have good opposition
leaders?

See? We have such outstanding youngsters in our midst, yet we do
not know anything about them!

Perhaps Opposition political parties better start hunting for such
outstanding and talented youngsters to beef up their ranks!

Hahahaha ………… Really, I take it as another joke!